The Denver Police Department and the FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force are investigating an attempted bank robbery.

• US Bank
• 8401 East Belleview Avenue
• Denver, Colorado
• December 22, 2017, 2:31 p.m.

The suspect is described as a white male, 40 to 50 years of age, approximately 5’10” with a gray mustache and medium build. The suspect was wearing a blue and black hooded jacket, dark sunglasses, black gloves, light colored pants, and dark shoes.

After the attempted robbery, the suspect fled the bank in an unknown direction.

Bank robbery is punishable by a 20-year prison sentence for each offense and increases if a dangerous weapon is used in the commission of the crime.

The FBI continues to provide financial institutions with the best practices for security to make them less vulnerable to robberies.

If anyone has any information regarding the attempted bank robbery above, or any bank robbery, please call the FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force at 303-629-7171; or, you can remain anonymous and earn up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) by calling CRIMESTOPPERS at 720-913-STOP (7867).